. The book of the garden. Gardening. required length so as to reach the branch to be removed. This saw differs from the common saw in operating by pulling instead of thrusting, so that a person stand- Fig. 164. ing on the ground can work the saw to every advantage, while it is sufficiently stiff not to break while passing through the wood. The common pruning-saw, fig. 164 6,is about 2 feet in length, and varies from 1 inch to 3 inches in breadth. It is used on branches within reach and of ordinary dimensions, and also where the chisel could not be conveniently applied. The cuts made by saws, o
. The book of the garden. Gardening. required length so as to reach the branch to be removed. This saw differs from the common saw in operating by pulling instead of thrusting, so that a person stand- Fig. 164. ing on the ground can work the saw to every advantage, while it is sufficiently stiff not to break while passing through the wood. The common pruning-saw, fig. 164 6,is about 2 feet in length, and varies from 1 inch to 3 inches in breadth. It is used on branches within reach and of ordinary dimensions, and also where the chisel could not be conveniently applied. The cuts made by saws, of whatever description, should have the wound smoothed by the knife or small plane, and in most cases be painted over with some mild paint, to exclude the air and moisture. Pruning-hills may be described as large knives, and in the hands of an expert workman are valuable in cutting off branches larger than the pruning-knife could sever. The stroke should always be given in an upright direction, and, if possible, one blow should perform the operation. They are very useful in pruning thick and over- grown shrubbery, as they can be wrought with greater effect in thick jungles than almost any other cutting implement. Sometimes they have only one cutting face, and that is in general somewhat crooked towards the point; at other times they Fig. 165. have an axe- like face of several inch- , es in length I upon their back — see fig. 165 — useful in cutting large branches; and at others they have, instead of a cutting face upon their back, a set of teeth or serratures, by which the operation of sawing may be performed. Of averuncators—from the Latin averunco, to prune—there is a considerable variety, differ- ing little in principle, however they may in form. Their use is to remove branches at a considerable height from the ground without the aid of ladders or the trouble of ascending the tree. Fig. 166 exhibits one of the best of them. It may be described as a cutting imple- men
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